{Repeating firearm}, a firearm that may be discharged many
times in quick succession; especially:
(a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of
the mechanism the charges are successivelyintroduced
from a chambercontaining them into the breech of the
barrel, and fired.
(b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged
from, a revolvingchamber at the breech of the barrel.
See {Revolver}, and {Magazine gun}, under {Magazine}.

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